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In the NIC of Time for 2020: Engage in a Different Kind of Webinar Series

Posted by Hub Admin on January 20, 2020 at 5:05pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT
The ingredients in our not-so-secret sauce include accomplished expert presenters, of course, along with a facilitation approach that keeps conversations going throughout each session. Another key is the selection of diverse topics and showcasing them in ways that clearly demonstrate the value of information-sharing and collaboration across silos, domains and disciplines.
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It’s National Adoption Month: Time to Extend Equal Rights to Adopted People?

Posted by Adam Pertman on November 6, 2019 at 3:20pm in Human Services

By Adam Pertman, a Senior Consultant to Stewards of Change Institute | President of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency

 

At the beginning of the 1900s, grim predictions punctuated the debate over women’s suffrage. Everyone in the family unit would be damaged in innumerable ways if this outrage were allowed to happen, argued the critics, some of whom went so far as to predict the end of civilization itself.

Half a century later, another historic social change was in the offing, and th

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National Interoperability Collaborative Wins Three Prestigious Davey Awards

Posted by Sondes Ben Chagra on October 31, 2019 at 10:47am in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT
Stewards of Change Institute (SOCI) is proud to announce that our primary initiative, the National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC), has received three Silver awards from the 2019 International Davey Awards. This prestigious competition "honors the best in Web, Design, Video, Advertising, Mobile, and Social from small agencies worldwide." The three Silver Awards went to the NIC Collaboration Hub in the categories of Health and Health Services, Non-profit, and Community.
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Improving Health and Human Services: It’s About Making Connections

Posted by Hub Admin on October 14, 2019 at 2:25pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services
All of us at Stewards of Change Institute are excited that we’ll be presenting our new Interoperability Mural Gallery for just the third time, after successful showings at two other major national events this year. Those were the Community Information Exchange Summit in San Diego and the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference in Chicago.
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Thanks to You, a One-Year Anniversary for the NIC Hub

Posted by Hub Admin on September 16, 2019 at 7:38pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT
To all of you who are already taking advantage of the various activities on the NIC Collaboration Hub, thank you again for your support, participation and inspiration. To those who haven’t yet joined our community, consider this a personal invitation to get on board. After all, we all want to reach the same destination. Join Today!
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Illustrating Interoperability: From San Diego to Chicago … and Beyond!

Posted by Hub Admin on August 26, 2019 at 4:07pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

The annual Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference is always a great place to share ideas, learn about new initiatives and technologies, network with federal and state officials and engage with industry leaders from across the country. This year’s MESC – which took place in Chicago last week – was no exception.  I’m gratified to say that Stewards of Change Institute had the privilege to show our innovative Interoperability Mural Gallery at the event.

It was the second time we’d presented a versio

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Innovative Information-Sharing: Administrative Data as a Strategic Asset

Posted by Hub Admin on June 17, 2019 at 7:05pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT
While researchers have explored the use of administrative data in various areas (for example, identifying frequent users of emergency services), little has been published on this trend more broadly. As state leaders seek to harness data in innovative ways, what common themes, noteworthy successes, and notable challenges have the 50 states experienced across a broad cross-section of issues? To address that question, The Pew Charitable Trusts interviewed state leaders across the U.S. and reviewed
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It’s Time to Add Prevention to the Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic; New Playbook Focuses on 11 Replicable Strategies to `Go Upstream’

Posted by Hub Admin on February 19, 2019 at 12:12pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT
It is important to underscore that the Playbook’s contents represent a current snapshot of our evolving knowledge on how to address the opioid crisis, while also identifying the research and evidence-gathering that still must be undertaken to make better-informed decisions. Our intent is to regularly update the Playbook – most notably its plays – as we learn about new ideas and initiatives, and we welcome comments and contributions on the NIC Hub to keep it as up-to-date as possible.  
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Lessons from the Field: How to Successfully Share Data across Programs

Posted by Hub Admin on November 12, 2018 at 2:37pm in Health IT and Human Services
Cross-program data-sharing has been one of the most popular topics at Health and Human Services conferences this year. Many states and counties are exploring different models of collaboration and integration, some focused on improving the client’s ability to engage with government, others on improving the agency’s ability to engage holistically with the client. Both approaches will be highlighted during the National Interoperability Collaborative’s upcoming “Symposium in the NIC of Time,” where
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Research in Canada Underscores the Importance of the Social Determinants to Improve Population Health

Posted by Hub Admin on October 3, 2018 at 10:48am
It is crystal clear that focusing more attention and resources on the Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being (colloquially, where we live, work and play) yields better outcomes in almost every way. Notwithstanding the evidence, however, health care spending dominates the way that the public and policymakers think about population health in most countries.
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Taking a Deeper Dive: Getting to Yes on Privacy and Confidentiality

Posted by Hub Admin on September 5, 2018 at 2:47pm
With so much to be gained from data sharing and interoperability, why is it so hard to achieve? What are the “blockers” that prevent agencies from effectively sharing information? That will be the subject of a webinar presented by the National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC) at noon Eastern on Friday Sept. 14, 2018. It’s titled “Getting to Yes on Privacy and Confidentiality” and will feature a panel of nationally recognized subject-matter experts. Learn more about the webinar, and register
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The Science of Social Work at USC

Posted by Daniel Bach on August 3, 2018 at 2:22pm
Predictive Risk Modelling (PRM) uses routinely collected administrative data to predict future adverse outcomes that might be prevented through a more strategic delivery of services. PRM has been used previously in health and hospital settings (Panattoni, Vaithianathan, Ashton, & Lewis, 2011; Billings, Blunt, Steventon, Georghiou, Lewis, & Bardsley, 2012) and has been suggested as a potentially useful tool that could be translated into child protection settings (Vaithianathan, Maloney, Putnam-Ho
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Government Should Not be a Vending Machine: The Role of Civic Tech

Posted by Hub Admin on July 5, 2018 at 3:50pm
Government does not need to be a vending machine. For the last decade, I’ve been watching and participating in the civic technology movement. Civic tech enables relationships between the people and government via the delivery of digital services and exchange of information. It is exciting to see that there is more support than ever for increased citizen participation in government service delivery.
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